mdst 3559-03-31-case-1-narrative
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Case 1 (iv)Narrative Pattrens in the Shahnameh
MDST 3559: DataestheticsProf. Alvarado03/31/2011
Business
• Comments working?
Review
• Method– “Distant Reading”– Cultural Analytics is like archaeology
• Image Graphs– Use of X and Y space to show dimensions– E.g. Narrative Time vs. Manuscript Tradition
• See V5– Code Review: Using arrays to transform data structures– Visualization Review
Method 2: Use the Array Pattern
• Create a new array to store the results of your “data loop”– The foreach() loop where you grab rows and columns
• Second array will mirror the X / Y structure of the visualization we want– Remember that arrays are like this:
$array[X][Y][Z];
• More complicated at first, but more effective and elegant– Gives you greater control
• See v3.ph, etc.
Visualization Review
See V4 and V5
http://studio1.shanti.virginia.edu/~rca2t/dataesthetics/03-29/v4.php
http://studio1.shanti.virginia.edu/~rca2t/dataesthetics/03-29/v5.php
What is added by V5?
• Some MSs emphasize certain sequences– Contrast with the first viz, which showed which
episodes are emphasized• Examples– EP 390—416 (PECK)– EP 832—901 (PECK)– EP 101—116 (58G)
Overview
• Begin where we left off– RUSTAM : KAY KAUS :: IMAGE : TEXT?
• Review story behind the “hot spot” from our visualization
• Read the story for patterns • Explore techniques for visualizing narrative
patterns
Actually, Rustam Big in Text Too
• RUSTAM = 121• KAY KHUSRAW = 80• KHUSRAW PARWIZ = 57
See ManyEyes viz
http://www-958.ibm.com/me/visualizations/word-cloud-of-episode-titles-from--2/comments/a7729b405b9a11e0a916000255111976
Interesting that the central figure in a Book of Kings is not a King
Let’s drill down into the text to find out more
The March into Mazinderan
http://studio1.shanti.virginia.edu/~rca2t/dataesthetics/03-31/shah-march.html
Discuss text as visualization
Zooming in from the larger visualization
Who is Rustem?
SHAH
ZAL
RUSTAM
Structure?
Rustem = PowerPuff GirlsKai Kaus = MayorZal = Father (kind of)King of M = Mojo JojoWhite Deev = One of MJ's minionsLions, etc. = Fuzzy Lumpkins?
Structure
Frodo = DorothyRing = SlippersSam = Tin Man, etc.Gandalf = Good WitchSauron = Bad WitchGollum = Toto -> mediator
Character StructureRustam as Liminal Hero
SHAH
PRIEST (Zal)
KNIGHT(GEW)
RUSTAM
Structuralist “Prosopography”
Recurring patterns and structures imply cultural models
Political OrganizationKING / COUNCILLOR (PRIEST) / WARRIOR
Nature of PowerRoyal Power is fragile and dependent
Now, How to Describe and Represent?
Other Patterns
• Characteristic events (event types) and sequences– E.g. drinking wine
• Implied social networks• Next week, we will look at these patterns and
explore tools to visualize them